Disposable duster brush



Jan. 4, 1938. D. E. HARMON DISPOSABLE DUSTER BRUSH Filed April 3, 1935 INVENTOR.

Patented Jan. 4, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFic DISPOSABLE DUSTER BRUSH Dewey E. Harmon, Dallas Center, Iowa Application April 3, 1936, Serial No. 72,550 3 Claims. (oi. sen-21 The principal object of my invention is to provide a small duster brush of soft tissue paper that is economical in manufacture and sanitary to use.

A further object of my invention is to provide a disposable tissue brush that will effectively brush away small particles from the skin or clothing without skipping or missing some of the particles to be brushed.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a disposable tissue brush that will hold small particles Within itself and will readily absorb any moisture which it might pick up while being used as a brush.

More specifically the object of my invention is to provide a sanitary, economical, disposable duster brush for use in barber shops and beauty salons for removing undesirable cut hairs from the neck, face, etc., of a patron after a hair out.

These and other objects will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan View of the soft tissue sheets before they are rolled and formed into a brush.

Fig. 2 is a side view of my disposable duster brush ready for use.

Fig. 3 is a bottom view of my brush and more fully illustrates its construction, and

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional View of the tissue elements before they are rolled into a brush arrangement and is taken on line 44 of Fig. 1.

It is necessary in beauty parlors and barber shops that brushes be used to remove hair, small particles of material and like substances from the face, neck, and hair of the person receiving treatment. The present method of doing this is by the use of a, long bristled brush. These bristled brushes cost a considerable amount of money, can not be thrown away and in their use they pick up from an individual small particles of indisposable material, oil, and perspiration which will be deposited in considerable amounts on skin, hair and face of the next individual upon whom the brush is used. These brushes do not lend themselves well to sterilization processes and are therefore dirty and consequently unsanitary. I

have overcome such disadvantages by providing a most economically manufactured duster brush which may be disposed of after being used on each individual. Specifically my brush is made from soft, thin, tissue paper, of a quality now commonly used in making disposable paper handkerchiefs and cleansing tissue paper sheets.

I have used the numeral It to designate one of the outside strips of tissue which has a substan- 5 tially' greater length than width. The numerals H and I2 indicate two more sheets of a disposable tissue of substantially the same shape as the sheet of tissue ll! but of a Wider width than the sheet Iii. other sheet of disposable material substantially equal in size and shape to the sheet of tissue l0. From the foregoing it will be seen that two small sheets and two larger sheets are used, the larger sheets H and it being arranged between the two smaller sheets Hi and I3, with their lower marginal edges adjacent, as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawing. The numeral l4 designates stitching for holding the four sheets of tissue together near the lower edges, as shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 4. This stitching also serves to gather or tuck the lower edges of the sheets so that the sheets will take on the shape of the greater arc of a circle with the open circular portion in the center as illustrated in Fig. l of the drawing. In order to form the brush it is merely necessary to roll the sewed tissues upon themselves with the greatest amount of pressure along the puckered edge which will form a spiral when looking at the device from the bottom as in Fig. 3. The inner edge at the stitching will be rolled tightly while the outer edge will be allowed to flare. This lower stitched edge will then be secured by being bound with string or the like and which is indicated by the numeral [5 of the drawing.

By this construction it will be readily observed that a brush is formed having a soft, loose, brushing surface on its larger end, and a small handle member formed at its small end by the string l5 or other suitable securing means. By the use of several sheets of tissue, a plurality of brushing edges are formed and as the tissue paper is soft the edges will be slightly frayed allowing the device to pick up small particles and to absorb moisture into its fibers.

From the foregoing it will be noted that my improved, disposable tissue brush presents many desirable advantages. It may be made in any size and with a greater or lesser number of brushing edges by cutting the sheets of tissue longer or shorter, by increasing or decreasing the width of the sheets and by rolling the sheets loosely or tightly to vary the density or softness of the brush. By the use of a multiple layers of the tissue a greater or lesser number of brushing edges The numeral I3 designates an- 11) also result. Thus I have provided a brush that is versatile and that can be manufactured to meet every use. The brush will be soft and will pre sent a multiplicity of brushing edges to the surface to be brushed. The lower, tightly rolled and bound portion of the device makes a convenient handle for holding the brush while in use. The brush is especially advantageous for use in beauty salons, barber shops and the like where it is imperative that new, clean, sanitary equipment be used on each individual customer. By making some of the sheets wider than others, such as the sheets H and I2 to the sheets l0 and [3, the brushing edges will be of different lengths and rest in different planes, thereby increasing the efficiency of the device. Obviously the sheet elements l0, H, l2, and I3 may be secured together in various ways instead of the stitching l4. Glue or mechanical crimping may be employed. Also other fastening means may be used in place of the string l5, such as glue, wax, or a rigid handle receiving element.

My brush may be used to apply matter to a surface as well as to remove material from a surface. An illustration of this usage is the applying of powder or like to the face or neck.

By making my brush from such fine tissue crepe paper there will be no chance of it scratching the surface'to which it is applied and also it will readily absorb any moisture it comes in contact with. The stitched end of the sheaf of tissue sheets which is rigidly held together by a string or like, [5, provides an excellent handle portion for manually using the brush.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of my improved disposable duster brush without departing from the real spirit and purpose of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claims any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents which may be reasonably included within their scope.

I claim:

1. The method of making a disposable brush, comprising, the taking of a plurality of uncut rectangular sheets and imposing one on top of the other, the gathering and puckering of all of said sheets along one of their marginal edges, the tightly rolling of said sheets along their gathered and puckered edges to provide an uncut spiral extended brushing edge, and lastly the holding'of said sheets by suitable means to prevent their unrolling.

2. The method of producing a brush, comprising, the placement of a plurality of soft tissue sheet members, one on top of the other, the sewing and puckering of said sheaf of sheets to gether near one of their side marginal edges, and lastly, the confining of the stitched edge portion of the sheaf of sheets to a small area for providing a handle portion.

3. The method of producing a brush, comprising, the placement of a plurality of soft tissue sheet members, one on top of the other, the sewing and puckering of said sheets together near one of their side marginal edges, the rolling of 7 said sheaf of sheets into a bundle, and lastly, the confining of the stitched edge portion of the sheaf of sheets to a small area for providing a handle portion.

DEWEY E. HARMON. 

